tortured
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This year alone, Hathaway has repeatedly proven her versatility, jumping between gun-toting moms, tortured pop stars and struggling journalists.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Last weekend, a "Saturday Night Live" sketch cast him as a tortured figure, barely masking his dread of AI.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Silver Lake and Icahn already have a tortured history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Ah Sing illustrated its tortured central character, Aerius, as a muscled romance book cover star — with a twist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Annette, I’m not in the mood to be tortured right now.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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